Wire-rope machine



A. E. ANDERSUN.

WIRE ROPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17.1920.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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WlRE ROPE MACHINE.

APPLlcAloN FILED APH.1I.|920.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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@@LVT @7 www UNITED STATES ALBIN E. ANDERSON, 0F OAKMONT, EYVINA. M. VERNER AND JAMES SYLVANIA.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS T0 W. MACFARLANE, BOTH 0F PITTSBURGH, PENN- WIRE-ROPE MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

Application led April 17, 1920. Serial No. 374,597.

To all whom t may concern:

Be 1t known that I, ALBIN E. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Oakmont, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and 'useful Improvement' in Wire-Rope Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a machine for making wire-rope.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of this character in which a single flier-frame carries a plurality of individual bobbin-frames, so that smaller cables of a number of strands may be formed on the individual. frames to be passed through a twister forv combining the individual smaller cables so formed into a larger cable, thereby greatly reducing the Hoor space required and making a compact machine oi this character with large capacity.

To these ends my invention `comprises the novel features hereinafter set forth and claimed.'

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved machine; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of a portion of the machine; Fig. 3 is an enlarged end View of the fiierframe showingy the manner of driving individual framesjF ig. 4 is an enlarged end view of the opposite end of the machine showin the twister heads; Fig. 5 is a plan view o one of the individual bobbin-frames; Fig. 6 is an enlarged View of the main twister head, and Fig. -7 is an enlar ed plan view of a portion of one of theindlvidual bobbin-frames.

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral V2 designates a suitable base u on which the machine is mounted. A sha t 3 is mountedin suitable bearings in the standL ards 4 and 5. The sleeve 6 mcloses a portion of the shaft 3, said shaft being free to rotate in said sleeve. Mounted on one end of the shaft 3 is the gear-wheel 7 which meshes with the pinion 8 on the power-shaft 9 which is driven by any suitable ower.

Mounted loosely on thesleeve 6 1s the flierframe 10, said flier-frame being composed of spider-plates 11 and 12 connected together by the bolt-rods 13.

Mounted in the flier-frame 10 are the.

individual bobbin-frames 14, Said bobbinframes being mounted to rotate on their E own axes. Accordingly, each bobbin-frame has the journal 15 journaled in an opening 16 in the spider plate 1l, and to the outer end of said journal is secured the pinion 17. The pinion 17 meshes with the gear 18 on the stub shaft 19 secured to the spiderframe 11.. A spur-gear 20 on the Sleeve 6 meshes with the gear-wheels 18.

The inner end of each individual bobbinframe 14 has the trunnion 21 which fits in a bearing 22 in the spider-frame 12. The trunnion A2l has the openings 23 surrounding the central opening 24, said trunnion forming a twister. Bobbins 25 are carried by the bobbin-frame 14, said bobbins being free to rotate freely in said frame on the journals 26, but in order to prevent said bobbins from rotating too rapidly and thereby causing trouble, I provide the springs 27 which act as automatic brakes for said bobbins.

The bobbins 25 carry the wire from which the cable is to be formed, and the bobbin nearest the perforated trunnion or twister 21 has its wire passing through the central opening 24 and said wire forms the core of said cable formed by the individual bobbinframe. The wires from the bobbins pass through they several openings 23. In the case illustrated, there are seven bobbins in the bobbin-frame, and consequently there are seven openings in Vthe trunnion 21 or twisten plate. Supported by the brackets 27a are the clamps 28 through which the twisted cable from each individual twister 21 passes, said clamp consisting of the upper and lower clamping members 29 and 30 which are secured together by bolt 31. In order to permit a certain amount of yielding on the part of the clamping members 29 and 30, the rubber pad 32 may be inserted between the washer-plate 33 and the head of the bolt 3l.

A secondl flier-frame 34 may be arranged on the frame 2, said frame being of the same construction as the flier-frame 10 said Hier-frame however being keyed by the keys 35 to the shaft 3 so as to be rotated by said shaft. The bolt-rods 13 connect the flierframe 34/with the flier-frame 10 so that thel rotation of the Hier-frame 34 by the shaft 3 rotates the flier-frame l0. The nier-frame 34 supports a series of bobbin-frames 36 corresponding in construction to the bobbinframe 14, but carrying a greater number of bobbins for the reason more fully hereinafter set forth.

' pinion The journal 37 of each bobbin-frame 36 has the opening 38 extending through it for the passage of the cable 39 formed by the corresponding bobbin-frame in the flierframe 10, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. Idlers 40 and 41 on' the bobbin-frame |36 guide the cable 39 so as not to interfere with the bobbins, and idlers 42 and 43 direct the cable 39 through the .central openings 44 of the twister 45. As stated above, the individual bobbin-frames 36 of the iier-frame 34 are greater in number than the bobbins in the bobbin-frame 14 for the reason that suilicient wires have to be provided to cover the core-wire 39 which is the wire formed by the wires fromthe individual bobb1n frames 14.

In view alsol of the fact that there are more bobbins in the bobbin-frames 36, it is necessary to rotate said bobbin-frames 36 at a slower rate of speed -than the bobbinframes 14 and accordingly the gear 47 is of smaller diameter than the gear 18, .while the 48 is larger than pinion 17, whereby through the gear'47 and the pinion 48, a slower speed is imparted to the bobbinframes 36.

Clamping members 49 receive the cable from the twister 45 and the cables 50 then standard 5. i

cable 53 passes through the passage 54 1n pass to the twister-head 51 journaled in the The core 52 of the finished the shaft 3.

The finished cable 53 passes around the drum 54 and passes therefrom to a suitable reel, the drum 54 being driven by suitable gearing from the shaft 3.

In the operation of my improved machine, the bobbins 2,5 in the bobbin-frames 14 with a supply of wire thereon are inserted in position in the bobbin-frames, the individual wires thereof being threaded through the openings of the twister 21 and secured in place in the `clamps 28. Where a second flier-frame 34 is to be employed, the bobbins in the bobbin-frames 36 being supplied with wire have their wires threaded through the twister 45. As the iier` frames 10 and 34 are rotated, rotary motion is imparted to the individual bobbin-frames of each dier-frame and asv the several wires 39 are formed in the bobbin-frames 14 said wires pass to the bobbin-frames'of the flierframe 34 to form the cores for the wires 50 formed byv said individual bobbin-frames 34.-

These- Wires 50 form the outer strandsv for the finished wire 53 whosecore 52 passes through the passage 54 in the shaft 3.

In this manner I provide a machine in which a series of indlvldual bobbin-frames are mounted p on a single flier-frame and 'the wires composed of a number of strands from eachv bobbin-frame may be fed to a'` hemp or lother cable 52. By having a plurality of individual bobbin-frames on a single flier, I am enabled to save a great deal of space and at the same time condense the machine very much thereby reducing the cost of construction and giving a machine of great capacity.v

What I claim is: x

1. In a machine for making wire cable, the combinatiom of a plurality of axially alined flier frames connected to rotate togethe'r, a plurality of bobbin frames journaled in each of said flier frames, the correspondingbobbin fram-es carriedl by the said flier frames being in alinement with leach other, means associated with the ournals of the bobbin frames carried by the first iiier frame for twisting the individual wires into cable strands, means for conducting the said strands through the journals of the next succeeding bobbin frames and for twisting the wires from the bobbins of the second flier frame upon the said strands, and means Ior -thereafter twisting the said strands into a complete cable.

2. In a machine for making wire cable,

bobbin frames carried by each of said flier frames, and each consisting of parallel bars connected at their ends to journals carried by said flier frames, the said bars having means for rotatably mounting a series of individual bobbins, brake members associated with each of said individual bobbins, means for drawing the wires from the said bobbins in each bobbin frame through openings extending through the journals of said bobbin frame, whereby said journals form twisters for, twisting said wires into strands, gear wheels carried by the said flier frames, and pinions carried by the said bobbin frames and meshing with the said gear wheels, the said gear wheels and pinions being so proportioned that the bobbinv frames carried by the first flier `frame are rotated at a higher speed than the bobbin frames carriedby the second flier frame.

In testimony whereof, I, the said ALBIN E. ANDERSON, have hereunto set 1n hand.

ALBIN E. ANDE SON. Witnesses:

RoBT. D. ToTrEN,

JOHN F. WILL. 

